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American Express’ Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) team is responsible for leading the enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption compliance functions. This team has global responsibility for identifying, investigating, and reporting suspicious activity, including money laundering and terrorist financing, and provides broad analytical and operational support for the company’s enterprise-wide AML function. GFCC is part of the broader Global Risk & Compliance organization.
High Level Responsibilities:
- Senior most Compliance Officer responsible for all AML related matters pertaining to American Express Spain legal entities
- Serves as the AML Advisor to the Boards/ Committees of AXP Spain as Regional MLRO and AEESA and AEPE MLRO
- Serves as a member of the AXP Spain Country Executive Team, contributing though leadership behind the AML program, assisting the local Management to take final decisions on the overall local program and helping them to set the tone at the top of the Spanish organization
- Responsible for the identification and assessment of AML requirements ensuring proper harmonization at regional level
- Responsible that AML risks are adequately identified, assessed, monitored, and controlled, across entities, lines of business and product by coordinating the assessment of ML/TF risk assessment carried out at local level by Markets’ Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) in the Region.
- Monitoring adherence of the measures, Policies, controls and procedures implemented within the Amex Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing compliance program, with all applicable Spanish laws and regulations, the AXP Spain Policies (where relevant) and the American Express Global Anti-Money Laundering Policy
- Key escalation point in the market for anti-money laundering/counter terrorism financing decisions that need resolution
- Responsible for ensuring that AXP Spain AML Program is executed in line as per local requirements and expectations as well as requirements of the Global Compliance & Ethics policies and programs of American Express Company
- Key contact point for Spanish AML regulators that supervise AXP Spain
- Active part of the Spanish financial community activities (eg. consultation, round tables, support to lobbying activities on regulatory matters in strong collaboration with other relevant Amex deps)
- Responsible for a structured team of compliance professionals, including Deputy MLROs for the two Spanish entities and their teams as well as the regional AML teams
- Direct solid report of the European Compliance Head. This role reports in dotted line to the International Financial Crimes Compliance Head.
- Acts as regional coordinator of the local MLROs in the European region. Branch/local MLROs report into this role in dotted line (for stand alone company communication/dotted line to be appropriately adjusted)
Detailed Responsibilities
- Acts as Legal Entity Anti Money Laundering /Counter Financing Terrorism Officer for the two legal entities in Spain.
- Responsible for providing regulatory guidance and oversight to the Markets’ Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) in the Region, to set policies and procedures at Legal entity level, to coordinate/consolidate regional AML regulatory risk assessment, to provide oversight to the market
Salary Range: $200,000.00 to $275,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.
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